I think, among all 193O designs and pre war vehicles available, none where as ascetically pleasing, so smooth, and as advanced as the S35 and S4O series. It is a shame, that they were deployed in such out dated, obsolete, and traditional deployments and strategy. And because of their curse and label, as being marked infantry support and defensive positional machines, they were cursed with underpowered engines further limiting them.

French tanks, giving Panzers a run for there money before the Russians made it cool

I really wouldn't say that. The French tank could have, but due to poor training, poor deployment, and mechanical failures, the French tank never really gave the German's the troubles that they should have. The German's also loved there Stukas.

I really wouldn't say that. The French tank could have, but due to poor training, poor deployment, and mechanical failures, the French tank never really gave the German's the troubles that they should have. The German's also loved there Stukas.

You can list those against the Russian use of tanks as well, at least for the first couple of years. The Russian crews had almost zero time in their equipment. They had no real tactical training, and since they didn't put radios in the tanks, had no effective way to communicate battle field tactics anyway. If Russia hadn't been so huge compared to France, it wouldn't have been such a long war.